A popular lunchbox snack sold in Aldi stores across Australia has been taken off the shelves due to the potential presence of black rubber pieces.

The supermarket giant is recalling Hillcrest Bubble Bars in the choc rainbow, birthday cake and choc chip flavours with the best before date 08 Sep 2026.

The products were available for sale in 132g boxes in Aldi stores in NSW, the ACT, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.

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"Food products containing black rubber pieces may cause illness or injury if consumed," the recall notice said.

"Consumers should not eat this product.

"Consumers should return the product(s) to the place of purchase for a full refund.

"Any consumers concerned about their health should seek medical advice."

Shoppers can call the ALDI Stores Food Recall Hotline on 1800 709 993 for more information or visit the Aldi website.

Consumers can also visit the Food Standards Australia New Zealand website.

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Australians could get up to one-and-a-half months of leave per year under a new plan launched by the largest trade union in the country.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) have announced their bid to increase the annual leave given to working Aussies to five to six weeks, claiming Australians carry out over a month of unpaid work a year, citing figures from the Centre of Future Work.

They argue this leads to a higher rate of stress and burnout, which should be addressed.

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Currently, many working Australians have four to five weeks of annual leave per year.

"Getting back one of these weeks is fair and reasonable. It will mean a better rested and happier workforce," ACTU Secretary Sally McManus said.

"The majority of European countries have already moved beyond four weeks," she claimed, naming several European countries like France, Germany and Austria.

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The ACTU will table the plans to the National Employment Standards (NES) as part of a parliamentary enquiry into the NES.

They say if the changes are approved, it will be the first increase in the minimum standard of annual leave since the 1970s.

McManus claims younger workers are doing the most unpaid work, and will benefit more from the changes.

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"Younger workers – from 18 to 24 years old – most urgently need to see this burden start to lift. They are the ones doing the most unpaid work," she said.

The ACTU also claim the gap between productivity and real wages has widened, but concede increasing annual leave by a week will add an extra two per cent to employment costs.

However, they claim it would not have a negative impact on the overall economy, because workers would be more to stay in their jobs and would be more productive due to a lower rate of burnout and other fatigue factors.

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The Business Council of Australia has opposed the move, saying it wasn't appropriate for such a policy to be mandated at a broader level without consideration for specific businesses.

"With weak productivity growth, inflation rising and living standards under pressure, this proposal does nothing to address these real challenges," Business Council chief executive Bran Black claimed.

"This proposal assumes businesses can simply absorb the cost of extra leave without any improvement in productivity, effectively mandating that employers fund higher costs without addressing the underlying drivers of wage growth.

"We support flexible working arrangements and entitlements, but a one-size-fits-all government mandate is the wrong approach."

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Donald Trump's Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, has been berated during a Senate hearing by a member of her own party.

Republican Senator Thom Tillis demanded Noem's resignation over what he described as her disastrous leadership.

A visibly angry Tillis tore into Noem over American citizens being wrongfully detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Citing "stonewalling" from Noem, Tillis threatened to bring much of the Senate's work to a halt.

"If I don't get an answer to these questions that you've had a month to respond to, I'll be informing leadership that I'll be putting a hold on any en banc nominations," Tillis told Noem.

"And in two weeks, if I don't get a response, I'm going to deny quorum and markup in as many committees as I can."

The senator was angry about how Noem characterised Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two protesters killed by ICE agents.

Tillis then referenced an anecdote Noem wrote about in her book, where she killed a disobedient 14-month-old dog.

"A 14-month-old dog is basically a teenager in dog years," Tillis said in a raised voice.

"You decided to kill that dog because you had not invested the appropriate time and training and then you have the audacity to go into a book and say it's a leadership lesson about tough choices."

He also criticised Noem as "incompetent" over her handling of FEMA, the US emergency response bureau.

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He was specifically critical of her handling of the Hurricane Helene response in his home state of North Carolina.

Tillis is retiring at the end of his term in January, and as he nears the end of his Senate career, his criticism of the Trump administration has become more strident.

He is likely to be replaced by Democrat Roy Cooper, who is well ahead in the polls.

Noem was also criticised by another Republican, Louisiana's John Kennedy, over her appearance in an ad campaign for the Department of Homeland Security.

"The president approved ahead of time you spending $220 million running TV ads across the country in which you are featured prominently?" he asked Noem.

"It's just hard for me to believe, knowing the president as I do, that you said, 'Mr President, here's some ads I've cut, and I'm going to spend $220 million running them' that he would have agreed to that."

Democratic Senator Cory Booker said 170 American citizens had been wrongly detained by ICE.

Noem has refused to resign from her role.

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Aussies who didn't witness the dramatic sights can get a peek at what they missed here.

Several Australian BrewDog pubs are unlikely to be impacted after dozens of bars were closed and hundreds of staff made redundant in the UK chain of the same name.

The company has four breweries and about 100 pubs around the globe, including five here in Australia.

They're located at Murarrie and Fortitude Valley in Brisbane, Pentridge in Melbourne, South Eveleigh in Sydney, and West Perth in Perth and employ dozens of staff.

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Nearly 40 of BrewDog's UK bars have been shuttered and 484 jobs have been slashed after the company was bought by Tilray, a US beverage and medical cannabis company.

The $62 million rescue deal came after years of BrewDog failing to turn a profit.

But it did not save 38 of the brand's UK locations, nor hundreds of its workers.

Staff were reportedly told they had been made redundant on a conference call with only 25 minutes notice, according to a BBC report.

Unite, a UK trade union representing hospitality workers, called it a "disgrace".

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The BBC reported Tilray and BrewDog are now negotiating for a deal on the firm's assets in Australia, as well as in the US.

The BrewDog bars in Sydney, Perth and Melbourne, which are independently operated by Australian Venue Co, should not be impacted.

A spokesperson for Australian Venue Co told nine.com.au the closures and redundancies in the UK will not affect its BrewDog venues.

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“BrewDog South Eveleigh in Sydney, BrewDog Perth and BrewDog Pentridge in Melbourne will continue to operate as normal and team members will remain in their current roles,” they said.

How the UK closures will affect the other two Australian locations remains unclear.

Nine.com.au has reached out to BrewDog's Head of Australian Operations and the two Brisbane locations for comment.

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A stopover in the United Arab Emirates is often an essential circuit breaker for anyone doing the long-haul trip from Australia to Europe, almost a jet lag cheat code, so we thought little of it when we committed to a two-night stay.

As it stands, many days later, we are stuck in Dubai. No return date, just the hope of a ceasefire and an update on when the airspace will reopen.

"Stay in shelter, stay in place" orders are keeping everyone safe inside the hotel and we've engaged all resources available, including the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Smartraveller, to us as Aussies abroad.

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The surreal events on Saturday have made me grateful to be in Dubai and not any closer to the strikes.

As frightening as it is here, I'm imagining it's absolutely terrifying for the intended targets and I hate the thought of it.

Living in Australia, we are blessed to be far removed from the physical horrors of war and in a way I feel guilty that I've managed to live a mostly peaceful life free from this worry.

The first 48 hours since the initial strikes have felt like a nightmare. We've heard (and felt) thunderous explosions in the near distance, and witnessed debris hurtling from the sunny skies from intercepted drones.

Or maybe they were missiles – you don't get the specifics when you're running for cover.

We've been startled awake in the middle of the night by phone alerts urging us to "seek immediate shelter" as booming blasts sound.

Overall, there's an unsettling panic that something bigger might happen and there's nothing we can really do to escape.

The stressful reality is there's nothing we can do, we have to stay put and follow the advice from authorities.

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As each day drags on, we're in a constant loop of refreshing our flight's status, searching for news, check-ins with worried family back home and taking walks through the lobby to try and think about anything else.

Then the nerves set in as the sun goes down – it all feels more chilling in the dark.

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The goal each day is to avoid spiralling at the thought of how long this could go on for, as world leaders boast about how this war could go "far longer".

Life is currently on hold, but we know it could always be worse. We have a place to shelter, we have access to the essentials and we are safe.

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Bree Tomasel revealed the proposal on Instagram to the applause of her followers.

Jackie Henderson has left the Kyle and Jackie O Show after 22 years following an on-air argument between her and Kyle Sandilands during the program on February 20.

ARN Media also announced this afternoon that Sandilands could be out of the job if he does not prove within 14 days that he did not breach his contract for an alleged "act of serious misconduct" on that fateful show.

Henderson has not returned to work since the show and has remained silent on the issue.

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ARN Media's statement reads: "Ms Jacqueline Henderson has given notice that she 'cannot continue to work with Mr Kyle Sandilands'.

"Accordingly, ARN has terminated the services agreement with Henderson Media Pty Ltd, under which Ms Henderson presents the Kyle and Jackie O show. Ms Henderson will cease to present the Kyle and Jackie O show.

"ARN has also offered to Ms Henderson the possibility of an alternative show on the ARN network. ARN has also provided written notice to Mr Kyle Sandilands and Quasar Media Services Pty Ltd (Quasar Media) stating that it considers that Mr Sandilands' behaviour during the show on 20 February 2026 is an act of serious misconduct which is in breach of ARN's services agreement with Quasar Media, under which Mr Sandilands presents the Kyle and Jackie O show.

"Mr Sandilands has been given 14 days to remedy this breach. If it is not remedied, ARN will terminate the services agreement with Quasar Media, and in that event Mr Sandilands will cease to present the Kyle and Jackie O show.

"During the 14 day period, Mr Sandilands will not take part in the show. The KIIS breakfast show will be taken off-air effective immediately, with interim arrangements made for the show."

This week marked the second week off-air for Henderson, following the February 20 broadcast that ended in tears after Sandilands called out her work ethic and teased her "obsession" with astrology.

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The on-air fight began after Jackie O read from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's astrology birth chart and Sandilands complained about her interest in astrology charts.

"Your fixation on this has made you almost unworkable," Sandilands told her.

"You are off with the fairies with this s–t, it's mental."

He claimed her fixation on astrology charts made her sound like a "drug addict".

Henderson has previously opened up on air about addiction issues that led to her going to rehabilitation in the US in 2022.

Henderson said Sandiland's accusations were "so unfair" and that he was attacking her on air.

"I would never say things like that about you," she said.

"It's a total attack, it really is. Kyle, to say 'you don't know what the F is going on, you're not doing your job,' that's an attack and I wouldn't do that."

Sandilands and Henderson have been in an on air partnership for 27 years.

They moved to breakfast in 2005 and then to KIIS in 2014.

Then have been under contract in a lucrative $200m 10-year deal that was set to run until December 2034.

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An emergency warning has been issued for parts of Geelong after a number of explosions occurred at a scrap car yard.

VicEmergency urged anyone in the vicinity of Thompson Road and Armstrong Street in North Geelong to leave immediately after multiple gas bottles blew up around 3.30pm.

"Crews arrived on scene within five minutes to find a vehicle on the back of a truck on fire with flames spreading to nearby gas bottles causing multiple explosions," Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) said.

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Eight firetrucks are on scene trying to contain the blaze.

"You will see black smoke," Fire Rescue Victoria warned.

"Do not enter the area, it is extremely dangerous".

Police and paramedics are also on scene.

Thompson Road, Armstrong Street and Pashley Avenue are all closed.

People in the area are urged to travel away from the area.

"If you are away from home, do not return," the warning read.

"If you are driving, shut all windows, turn off your air conditioning and close the vents. Immediately leave the warning area."

More to come.

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